Apple pushed the iOS 8 update to its users last year in September, and since then, the install base has been slowly growing. Apple reports updates on its iOS 8 adoption every two weeks on its App Store distribution Web page, and two weeks ago, the numbers were indicating that about 73% of devices in circulation were running iOS 8.

Although the Cupertino, California-based Apple is in its own little world preparing the Apple Watch for launch this month after the March 9th 'Spring Forward' event, Google reportedly has a trick of its own up its sleeve.

MacRumors has the scoop on a translated article by French Web site iPhon.fr that seems to share some detailed information about Google's intentions to release an Android Wear application
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As the tech world continues to move away from its dependence on contract workers, Apple is following suit when it comes to security.

According to an exclusive from San Jose Mercury News, Apple has reportedly resolved to "dramatically expand" the scope and size of its in-house security team, moving away from the contracted security services it has long depended upon.

During a sit-down with the German tabloid, BILD, earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook was nostalgic about his relationship with Steve Jobs, reiterated the company’s commitment to its customers’ privacy and discussed the Cupertino California company’s ability to influence social change.

Cook told BILD’s Sven Stone and Nick Star that Steve Jobs was “by far the best teacher I ever had,” stating that Jobs taught him to ignore sales goals
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Google’s senior vice president of products, Sundar Pichai, recently confirmed earlier speculations by announcing that the company is planning to launch its own carrier at the Mobile World Congress keynote. More details regarding the announcement are set to be revealed in the upcoming months. What Pichai did elaborate was that the company is currently in negotiations with established carriers in an attempt to become
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After having just reported that Apple’s upcoming wearable device has been featured on UK’s Style magazine, Hong Kong’s lifestyle and street fashion magazine East Touch has also been reported to showcase the Apple Watch. This publication’s March edition features various models wearing the Apple Watch in different lifestyle photos in a multi-page spread. The Cupertino-based company has already advertised the wearable
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Apple is definitely trying hard to promote the Apple Watch worldwide with it being just one month away from launching. The Cupertino-based company is having the smartwatch advertised on the cover of major publications in France, U.S., and China. Now, U.K. has joined the list and debuted the wearable device on fashion magazine Style, with a three-page spread. Style Magazine featured the Apple
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As news and speculation for Apple’s rumored electric car continue, more auto industry leaders are pitching in their two cents on the matter. More recently, the CEO of Daimler, Dieter Zetsche, and the CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, each shared their radically different stances regarding the matter. The former dismissed the idea and the latter welcomed it as a boost to the company’s business.

Apple and IBM recently unveiled three new MobileFirst enterprise applications for both iPhones and iPads – all of which cover a range of industries and provide various practical uses. The three new apps are titled: Advisor Alerts, Passenger Care and Dynamic Buy.

Advisor Alerts is said to offer push notifications for matters such as account maturity, market news and transaction approvals. The alerts allow advisors
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Apple supplier, NXP, which provides near-field communications and motion processing hardware for Apple recently announced that it will be spending $11.8 billion to acquire its rival firm, Freescale Semiconductor, which is a seminal semiconductor manufacturer and another one of Apple’s longtime suppliers. NXP is set to pay $6.25M in cash and 0.3521 shares of NXP stock for each share of Freescale stock – a move which
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Samsung kicked off the Mobile World Congress event this past weekend with two highly anticipated next-gen handsets, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, both of which tout premium glass and metal in an effort to counter the successful of Apple’s iPhone 6. As many of you probably already know, Samsung was previously known for using cheaper materials such as plastic in its flagship handsets – a move which gave the devices a less
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